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  • News

    Kruger named MC at 60th Cannes

    2007-02-09T06:58:00Z

    Diane Kruger will act as Mistress of Ceremonies for the 60th Cannes Film Festival.Kruger, who has made France her adopted home, will oversee the opening and closing ceremonies this coming May. The actress is best known to international audiences for her roles in Troy, National Treasure and 2005's Cannes selection ...

  • Reviews

    Expired

    2007-01-25T19:59:00Z

    Dir/scr: Cecilia Miniucchi. US. 2007. 110mins. 'I'm the most hated person in the world,' Samantha Morton's shy, emotionally withdrawn parking meter enforcer says at the opening of Expired, a title that proves unfortunately apt. The movie proves exhausting, obliterating patience, understanding or emotional conviction in its portrait of female desire, ...

  • Reviews

    Zoo

    2007-01-21T20:44:00Z

    Dir: Robinson Devor. US. 2007. 80mins.The much-awaited Zoo will draw enviable publicity (already evident at Sundance, where it premiered) because of the salacious nature of the story that inspired the film: the death from a perforated colon of a man who had sex with a horse in 2005 at a ...

  • News

    Cannes Residence selects participants for 14th edition

    2006-12-21T04:00:00Z

    The Cannes Film Festival has announced the names of the latest group of participants for the 14th session of the Cannes Residence.Director Laurent Cantet presided over a jury which chose six directors from 140 submissions. The next session will run from March 1 to July 15, 2007 and will see ...